A package from China put an Omaha man in jail after the Nebraska State Patrol found drugs in it and guns inside his home.

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An affidavit filed in federal court states, on June 10, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent X-rayed a package shipped from Nanjing, China, addressed to 34-year-old Lee Cary’s home near 107th and Decatur streets.

According to court documents, on June 18, a postal inspector delivered the package filled with chemicals used to make liquid ecstasy. The Nebraska State Patrol SWAT arrived at the west Omaha home 18 minutes after it was delivered.

Investigators found nearly 7.5 pounds of liquid inside. After three days of testing, the liquid came back as GBL, a chemical component of GHB.

Troopers arrested Cary for possession with the intent to distribute and possession of a weapon while committing a felony.

The search warrant indicates investigators found 26 handguns and rifles in Cary’s home, including a MAC-10 machine pistol, .40-caliber carbine and 9mm carbine made by Keltec and a Norinco MAK-90 -- a Chinese version of the AK-47.

They also found ammunition, 10 knives, 109 vials of liquid and powder, numerous pills and gels, two syringes and needles with residue.

Cary told authorities he had received between four and six packages of the substance within the last six to nine months, but most of the packages were of much smaller quantity.

He said he never sold or traded the substance, and that he hid the package delivered that day in his mother's bedroom when he realized the police were coming.

The homeowner on the search warrant did not have a comment for KETV NewsWatch 7.

Cary has a preliminary hearing and detention hearing scheduled Friday in federal court.